Author: Steve
Date: 19:59:54 07/08/00
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On July 08, 2000 at 16:50:18, Francesco Di Tolla wrote: >On July 08, 2000 at 14:18:42, Steve wrote: >>But it really burns me >>up that they insist on monopolizing the live coverage and muscling out sites >>like ICC. Shades of the old Soviet system under which Kasparov grew up >>(monopolies and substandard service)? > >On the contrary this is the effect of the free market. There is not written >anywere that the organizers of a tourmante should allow poeple to have live >coverage for free. If they want to make money out of it they have the right. With all due respect, you have missed my point. Of course the organizers have the right to make money out of the coverage. Nor would I object to paying, just as I do not object to paying an annual membership fee to ICC -- a well-run, highly professional enterprise. The problem is that now I can not watch the games on ICC and have had nothing but trouble trying to watch them on the Kasparov site. How does anyone benefit when it becomes impossible to watch the games, for free, for pay, or otherwise? > >You're not forced to go there. You're right about that! > >regards >Franz
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